Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes

German - Poet | December 4, 1875 - December 29, 1926

I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.

Rainer Maria Rilke

PeopleSolitudeBondTwo PeopleTask

More belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed.

Rainer Maria Rilke

MarriageBedLegsMoreFourThan

It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.

Rainer Maria Rilke

GoodSolitudeMoreDifficultReason

Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.

Rainer Maria Rilke

HelpDeepestEverythingSomethingUs

I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.

Rainer Maria Rilke

AloneKnowWantSecretThingsWho

All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.

Rainer Maria Rilke

MindBloodBegin

Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.

Rainer Maria Rilke

NatureHeartColorsNightEverything

Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.

Rainer Maria Rilke

LoveLove IsYouAttackGetWorse

The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing.

Rainer Maria Rilke

ExperienceDeepestCreatorReceiving

This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess.

Rainer Maria Rilke

LoveTimeMoreMiracleGiveHappens

The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.

Rainer Maria Rilke

FutureLongOrderUsTransform

A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.

Rainer Maria Rilke

RelationshipYouConversationPerson

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